INTOUNI

Registered charity 1118525 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also registered in Scotland as SC049776 (OSCR)

IntoUniversity aims to address underachievement and social exclusion among young people by offering an integrated programme of out-of-school study, mentoring, aspirational coaching, personal support and, in partnership with universities, specially-devised FOCUS weeks, days and weekends.

Objects

The Charity's objects (the Objects) are to advance the education, skills and welfare of children, young people and adults in socially or economically disadvantaged communities across the United Kingdom by:running local education centres to support local communities and to provide services to maximise educational achievement and social inclusion; providing training, consultancy and management services to other agencies working to advance the education, skills and welfare of children, young people and adults in socially or economically disadvantaged communities across the United Kingdom.

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED IN PRACTICE NATIONAL

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: Education/training · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Kensington and Chelsea, London, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income
£14.0m
Latest spending
£13.8m
Registered
2007
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity generated a surplus for the year, with total income of £14,045,220 exceeding total expenditure of £13,822,408. Per the trustees' report, free reserves stood at £4,786,711, which is within the stated policy target of between three and six months' forecast running costs. The charity holds net assets of £8,270,464 and reports no material uncertainties regarding its ability to continue as a going concern.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: three to six months of forecast running costs (held: £4.8m)
“It is the policy of the Trustees to hold free reserves of between three months’ forecast running costs (currently equal to £3.7m) and six months’ forecast running costs (currently equal to £7.5m).” — page 16
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Donations received from Trustees.
“Total donations received from Trustees during the year were £1,162,137” — page 42
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by HaysMac LLP. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Policies the charity declares

In its annual return the charity told the Commission that it has the policies listed below. This is self-declared: it is not verified by the Commission or by this site, and it is not evidence of how a policy works in practice.

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/08/2025

  • Volunteers: 2,028
  • Employees paid over £60,000: 5 (£60,001–£70,000: 3; £70,001–£80,000: 1; £100,001–£110,000: 1)

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/08/2024

  • Volunteers: 1,933
  • Employees paid over £60,000: 3 (£60,001–£70,000: 2; £100,001–£110,000: 1)

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/08/2023

  • Volunteers: 1,896
  • Employees paid over £60,000: 4 (£60,001–£70,000: 1; £70,001–£80,000: 2; £100,001–£110,000: 1)

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Corporate structure

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — IntoUniversity (matched by registered charity number).

Leadership, per the charity’s website

Listed on the charity’s own website when we last crawled it; roles may have changed. Pay-band disclosures above are anonymous statutory disclosures and are not attributed to any named individual.

Company officers (Companies House)

Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.

Official officers record.

Property (HM Land Registry)

1 registered title in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (0 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): instagram

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/08/2025)

Total income
£14.0m
Total spending
£13.8m
Cost of raising funds
£1.1m
Reserves (reported)
£4.8m
Employees
281

Reported reserves equal ~4.2 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 4.6 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (97% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 7.8% of total income — above the median for charities its size (3.7%) (benchmarks).

Register events

Trustees · trustee networks

Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).

Operates in: Scotland · Throughout England

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/08/2025£14.0m£13.8m
31/08/2024£12.4m£12.1m
31/08/2023£11.3m£10.9m
31/08/2022£11.0m£9.5m
31/08/2021£8.9m£8.1m

Common questions

Is INTOUNI financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity generated a surplus for the year, with total income of £14,045,220 exceeding total expenditure of £13,822,408. Per the trustees' report, free reserves stood at £4,786,711, which is within the stated policy target of between three and six months' forecast running costs. The charity holds net assets of £8,270,464 and reports no material uncertainties regarding its ability to continue as a going concern. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by HaysMac LLP.

Who funds INTOUNI?

Funders whose own accounts filings name INTOUNI as a grant recipient include IGY FOUNDATION, THE MERCERS CHARITABLE FOUNDATION, THE NORTON ROSE FULBRIGHT CHARITABLE FOUNDATION, Q CHARITABLE TRUST.

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
IGY FOUNDATIONFY2025£150k
THE MERCERS CHARITABLE FOUNDATIONFY2022£117kYoung People & Education Programme
THE MERCERS CHARITABLE FOUNDATIONFY2023£117kYoung People & Education Programme
IGY FOUNDATIONFY2023£100k
THE NORTON ROSE FULBRIGHT CHARITABLE FOUNDATIONFY2023£10k
Q CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2025£5k
Q CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2024£500
THE NORTON ROSE FULBRIGHT CHARITABLE FOUNDATIONFY2024£500

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).

FunderDateAmountPurpose
Greenwood Place01/12/2025£75kGrant to IntoUniversity
Greenwood Place01/12/2025£200kGrant to IntoUniversity
Greenwood Place01/12/2024£75kGrant to IntoUniversity
Greenwood Place01/12/2024£200kGrant to IntoUniversity
Greenwood Place01/01/2024£150kGrant to IntoUniversity
Greenwood Place01/01/2023£150kGrant to IntoUniversity
Greenwood Place01/04/2022£75kGrant to IntoUniversity
Greenwood Place01/04/2021£75kGrant to IntoUniversity
The Mercers' Company11/06/2020£350kGrant to IntoUni

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with IN2SCIENCEUK.ORG.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
INTOUNI£14.0m——within—no doubt
IN2SCIENCEUK.ORG FY2025£1.6m—0above—no doubt
IN2VENTURE FY2025£75k—0unclear—no doubt
IN2OUT FY2025£512k—0within—no doubt
INTERMISSION YOUTH FY2025£642kmore than £60,0001unclear—no doubt
INSPIRE A TEEN FY2025£101k—0above—no doubt

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.